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    Oil & gas bankruptcies on the horizon: beware of statutory liens
    2015-02-04

    The recent drop in crude oil prices has been a boon to consumers and businesses alike. However, sustained lower crude prices will invariably have a negative impact on drilling activity in those states where oil and gas development has been concentrated. The current price is below production costs in some locations. Without a prompt recovery in prices, it can be expected that a sustained decrease in oil and gas activity will have an adverse financial impact on the myriad of businesses that provide supplies and services in the oil and gas sector.

    Filed under:
    USA, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Personal property
    Authors:
    Brent R. Cohen
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
    Bankruptcy: an opportunity to settle FINRA member - employee disputes
    2013-10-28

    Last year, a U.S. bankruptcy court held that a bankruptcy trustee could settle a Financial ‎Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) suit against a broker-dealer by its former employee ‎seeking damages and expungement of alleged false and defamatory FINRA Form U-5 ‎termination disclosure language, over the objection of the former employee-debtor.2  Once a ‎bankruptcy case is filed by a former employee, the claims become property of the bankruptcy ‎estate.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Defamation, Broker-dealer, FINRA, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Susan M. Freeman , Edwin A. Barkel
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
    Lower bucks hospital: requirements for indenture trustee settlements in bankruptcy cases
    2012-10-04

    Settlement of collection disputes over amounts and payment terms for bond-related claims, including in bankruptcy cases, involves issues of binding minority bondholders and releasing the indenture trustee, as well as straightforward determinations of collectability economics.   Bondholders unhappy with a proposed settlement can be bound nevertheless when the deal is incorporated into a bankruptcy plan of reorganization and majority bondholders out-vote them, but only if certain requirements are met.  A recent bankruptcy court decision, In re Lower Bucks Hosp., 471 B.R.

    Filed under:
    USA, Pennsylvania, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Conflict of interest, Bond (finance), Bankruptcy, Trustee, United States bankruptcy court
    Authors:
    Bryant D. Barber , Susan M. Freeman
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
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